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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:46 am
by Lilian
in bangla..
kemon acho: how are you
tomar nam ki: whats your name?
suvo sokal: good morning
suvo ratri: good night..
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:36 am
by Dixie
Aiza,
In Basque, I just can remember the words and phrases that everybody learns at first, such as (I'll try to translate them for the rest of the forum members):
Kaixo, Zer moduz? (Hello, how are you?)
Ondo, eta zu? (Good, and you?)
Agur (bye)
Maite zaitut (I love you)
Eskerrik asko / Eskerrak (Thank you)
Ez horregatik (You're welcome)
Zorionak (congratulations)
(Ni) Mercè naiz (I am Mercè)
Egunon (good morning)
Arratsalde on (good afternoon)
Gabon (good night)
Zenbat urte dituzu? (How old are you?)
Ok enough for now 8) by the way, I've got a Catalan friend who has learnt Basque on his own and can speak it really fluently! :P
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:54 am
by Aiza
Hey Dixie! You've surprised me.You know a lot! I'd like to know some catalan but I've never had the opprtunity. Perhaps now...
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:01 am
by Dixie
Catalan is easy! At least, easier than Basque
I can teach you whenever you like ;)
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:30 pm
by Aiza
I've shown all this phrases to my daughter (we both like languages) and we are learning them. Follow sending , please!
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:51 am
by RedRose
Azia, can u ask your daughter to post her own essays on the forum? that way she can practise english writing more. let her join in our team
welcome, little girl!
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 10:18 am
by Dixie
That is great, Aiza! How old is your daughter? Are you interested in learning Catalan? In fact I'm well-used to English teaching, so I don't know how to teach Catalan; unless I teach you some basic and dayly use sentences :D
Hola = Hello (like in Spanish but the first syllable is pronounced a little bit different; we have more vowels than in Spanish)
Com estàs? = How are you? (singular, one person)
Com esteu? = How are you? (plural, two persons or more)
Estic bé, gràcies = I am good, thank you.
Com et dius? = What's your name?
Em dic.... = My name's ...
Tant de gust = Pleased to meet you
Fins aviat = See you soon
Adéu siau = Good-bye
Now you can practise a little conversation in Catalan with your daughter! :D
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 10:37 am
by RedRose
Dixie, Catalonia language is really complicated!
it is more difficult to pronounce than chinese!
